The Central New York Weather Center got its start back in 2003, as the brainchild of aspiring meteorologist and webmaster Carson Metcalf. Back then the weather source was called Weather Team 4, with a fourth grade audience, and 4 team members at Lanigan Elementary School. It was a team effort to update the website and post new weather information on a bulletin board for students. Weather Team 5 began in late 2004, with a fifth grade audience, and 5 members. Instead of going on with a team, Carson decided to start a weather service of his own. Coming up with the name and mission of The Central New York Weather Center took some time, but finally it launched in 2005. Later that year, Carson obtained an official partnership with AccuWeather, Inc. In early 2006, plans for a new website, the one you're on right now, began. Due to the comments and feedback from visitors, the new site first hit the web as a beta in late November of that year. Carson switched over to his own domain, where you are now, on November 23, 2007. Now, this is the official, one-and-only site. As of 2010, the website has shown tremendous growth in hits and views, and is still the number one independent weather source in Central New York.  Carson Metcalf is the current Chief Operations Director, and General Manager of The Central New York Weather Center. Carson founded the website in 2005, after having two prior names and teams. Carson's career in local weather started in 1997. He has received several awards, and lots of recognition for his work in weather and on the web. Carson has worked closely with several local news, weather, and media professionals in the Syracuse market. These include John DiPasquale, Janelle Reichert, Keith Kobland, Tom Hauf, Donna Adamo, Liz Ayers, Frank Kracher, Maureen Green, Maureen McCann, and Dave Longley. He was a meteorology and broadcasting shadow at WTVH-TV from October 2003 to August 2008. Carson switched stations to WSYR-TV in February 2009. He has participated in Winter and Severe Weather webcasts with WSYR-TV since 2007. Carson is also very involved with his community. He has participated in many activities and clubs within the Fulton School District, designs websites for local organizations, and has volunteered with the Fulton Public Library since 2005. Many awards and honors have been received by Carson, including The New York State Comptroller's Award for Public Service and an Award for Excellence in Unerring Weather Accuracy in 2006, New York State Volunteer of the Year in 2007, Top Honors in Local Technology Concepts in 2008, and the FBLA-rated State's Best Website in 2009. Carson is a certified and trained Storm Spotter and Tracker for the National Weather Service in Buffalo, and has been given a 9 out of 10 rating by The Weather Channel for on-air forecasting presentations.